This map shows the countries with the most robots
Image: The hand of humanoid robot AILA (artificial intelligence lightweight android) operates a switchboard during a demonstration by the German research centre for artificial intelligence. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch
Bank of America Merrill Lynch recently came out with its "Transforming World Atlas" research note, which examines global economic trends through a series of maps.
One notable map showed which countries had the highest number of operational robots.
Japan was number one with 310,508 operational robots, according to data from 2012. There's even a hotel staffed almost entirely by robots that opened last year in Nagasaki, Japan, according to BAML.
The US is in second place with 168,623 operational robots, and Germany is in third with 161,988, according to 2012 figures.
And, naturally, all of this has implications for the global economy going forward.
"In the last 10 years, the number of global industrial robots has grown 72%, while the number of US manufacturing jobs has fallen 16%," noted the BAML team, citing data from the International Federation of Robotics.
Moreover, "by 2020, about million jobs will be lost and 2 million gained (5 million net loss) in 15 major developed and emerging economics as a result of developments in genetics, artificial intelligence, robotics and other technological change," the team added, citing the World Economic Forum.
In any case, check out the map below.
More from Business Insider:
Don't miss any update on this topic
Create a free account and access your personalized content collection with our latest publications and analyses.
License and Republishing
World Economic Forum articles may be republished in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Public License, and in accordance with our Terms of Use.
The views expressed in this article are those of the author alone and not the World Economic Forum.
Stay up to date:
Fourth Industrial Revolution
Related topics:
The Agenda Weekly
A weekly update of the most important issues driving the global agenda
You can unsubscribe at any time using the link in our emails. For more details, review our privacy policy.
More on Emerging TechnologiesSee all
Filipe Beato and Jamie Saunders
November 21, 2024
